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The Border Chronicle podcast is hosted by Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller. Based in Tucson, Arizona, longtime journalists Melissa and Todd speak with fascinating fronterizos, community leaders, activists, artists and more at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Education Instead of Barbed Wire and Walls: A Podcast with Felicia Rangel-Samporano
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Education Instead of Barbed Wire and Walls: A Podcast with Felicia Rangel-Samporano
The co-founder of the Sidewalk School talks about racism and Black migration, border disinformation, and how governments could alleviate suffering at…
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Melissa del Bosque
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1:00:53
Climate Change Oppression: A Podcast with Amali Tower
“It’s not difficult to understand that a population that makes its livelihood off the land would find climate change oppressive, and would find climate…
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Todd Miller
41:45
Reforming Asylum for the 21st Century: A Podcast with Immigration Expert Muzzafar Chishti
Listen now (42 mins) | We can't be a leader in the world if we shut down asylum, he says.
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Melissa del Bosque
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The Borderlands Are Beautiful: A Podcast with Petey Mesquitey
The legendary storyteller takes us on a trip through the Arizona borderlands, its sky islands, flora and fauna, all the way to the border wall with…
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Todd Miller
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A Live Podcast with David Taylor, Artist and Border Researcher
Recorded at the Tin Shed Theater with the wonderful people of Patagonia, Arizona, we talk about Taylor's fascinating career as an educator and artist…
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Melissa del Bosque
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On Civil Rights and Operation Lone Star in South Texas: A Podcast with Roberto Lopez
"It feels like you're always being watched."
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Melissa del Bosque
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“People Need Representation”: A Podcast with Immigration Lawyer Margo Cowan
Listen now (57 mins) | The lawyer and longtime community organizer talks about her two-year ban from practicing immigration law, how she is responding…
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Todd Miller
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A View from the Darién Gap: A podcast with Caitlyn Yates
Listen now (44 mins) | As Europe closes its doors, more asylum seekers take the deadly trek through the jungle on their way to the United States and…
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Melissa del Bosque
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Border Fortification and the El Paso Massacre: A Podcast with Gilberto Rosas
“The mass shooting of August 3, 2019, demands a reckoning. It must be situated in a recent and vicious amplification of preexisting U.S. border and…
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Todd Miller
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47:54
On Social Justice and Self Care: A Podcast with Psychotherapist Alejandra Spector
Listen now (48 min) | “A lot of therapists don’t have any sort of political analysis, and that hurts people,” Spector says.
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Melissa del Bosque
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Alejandra Spector
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The Longer Story of the Border Patrol Killing of a Tohono O’odham Man: A Podcast with Amy Juan
Listen now (40 min) | The Tohono O’odham leader and thinker describes the May 18 killing of Raymond Mattia and the long context of border militarization…
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Todd Miller
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A Growing Public Health Crisis: A Conversation with Dr. Alexander Tenorio on Border Wall Injuries
“I feel it’s my duty to notify the world of the atrocities that are occurring because of the border wall extension, and the increase in the border wall…
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Melissa del Bosque
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